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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Two years later, he published a paper in the Bulletin of the Calcutta Mathematical Society , demonstrating two fundamental statistical concepts still heavily used in the field today. Rao authored more than 14 books and 400 journal articles during his career. He was promoted the following year to superintending statistician.

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Virtual Reality Helps Students Improve Their Math Literacy

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In the United States, eighth graders scored an average of 271 out of 500 in math on last year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress , as highlighted in a New York Times article. One way teachers are trying to help students grasp difficult concepts is through virtual-reality technology. It’s the lowest level in decades.

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The Do-or-Die Moments That Determined the Fate of the Internet

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Birth of OSI In the meantime, work was underway on a broader approach to the challenge of creating standards for computer communication — one that could serve to link up different computer networks, a concept that began at this time to be called “internetworking.” in December of the same year.

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